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Symbian-Based Nokia 803 Emerges Again

Rumor has it that Nokia is getting ready to nail Symbian’s coffin, and that we’ll soon see the last handset powered by this OS being unveiled to the world. The phone is said to be a high-end device, and info on it has just emerged online courtesy of BGR, who claims that Nokia will launch it in May with ...

8 February 2012
11:46 GMT

Photo of Symbian-Based Nokia 801 Leaks

Nokia has been long rumored to plan the release of a successor for its high-end Nokia N8 smartphone, but specifics on the matter have been lacking until now. Recent reports, however, suggest that the company might be nearing the release of this device, and that the company could put an end to any other Symbian pla...

7 February 2012
14:41 GMT

German Server Found to Serve Malicious Mobile Apps

Researchers came across a server located in Germany that hosts numerous websites ready to serve mobile malware that targets Android and Symbian users. Trend Micro experts found a total of 1,351 sites hosted on the server in question, all the websites falling into a certain category. They identified Android Market ap...

7 February 2012
07:46 GMT

Nokia to Kill Symbian with N8 Successor

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia will send the Symbian platform to the graveyard sooner than originally announced, if the latest reports on the matter are to be believed. There will be only one new Symbian model pushed to shelves from Nokia, and it will arrive as the successor of the Nokia N8 flagship phone. Nok...

4 February 2012
08:31 GMT

Nokia Carla Currently Under Testing at Nokia

Following the release of Symbian Anna and Belle last year (the latter was released as Nokia Belle), Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has started to work on the next version of the mobile operating system. Called Carla, the new platform release is already under testing, at least this is what recent entries on the comp...

1 February 2012
16:01 GMT

Updated Soundtracker Available on Symbian, S60 5th Edition, Series40

A new version of the Soundtracker mobile application is now available for download for devices powered by Symbian, S60 5th Edition, Series40. The S60 5th Edition S^3, Symbian Anna and Symbian Belle iteration of the app has reached version 1.7.5 and includes a variety of performance improvements and bug fixes.Moreov...

23 January 2012
14:41 GMT

Nokia 801T Lands in China with Symbian, TD-SCDMA Connectivity

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia plans on increasing its presence on the market in China, and the company has just announced a new Symbian smartphone for this market, namely the Nokia 801T. The new device is running under the Symbian operating system, and is set to land on shelves in China with support for the loc...

27 December 2011
06:41 GMT

Nokia Belle UI Arrives on Existing Phones in February 2012

Two months from now, a wide range of Nokia mobile phone users will enjoy a new UI on their devices, the Nokia Belle, previously known as Symbian Belle. The Finnish mobile phone maker has just made the official announcement on this, and also confirmed the handsets that will receive it: Nokia N8, Nokia E7, Nokia E6,...

21 December 2011
08:23 GMT

Soundtracker Radio for Symbian, S60, and Series40 Updated

A new version of Soundtracker is now available for download for beta testers who own handsets powered by Symbian, S60, and Series40. Owners of S60 5th Edition S^3, Symbian Anna and Symbian Belle devices can now download version 1.7.4 of the application, with a series of performance enhancements packed inside, along...

19 December 2011
17:01 GMT

Nokia Maps Suite for Symbian Gets Updated

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has just announced the availability of an update version of its Nokia Maps Suite for devices that are based under the Symbian operating system. The Nokia Maps Suite packs a series of applications that are meant at providing users with location and navigation features on their devic...

14 December 2011
15:01 GMT

Soundtracker Radio Updated for S40 and S60 5th Edition Devices

A new flavor of the Soundtracker Radio application is now available for download on S40 and S60 5th Edition Nokia mobile phones. To be more precise, two different iterations of the application are available for Nokia users, namely version 1.7.3 for all S60 5th edition devices and for smartphones running under the S...

12 December 2011
16:01 GMT

Nokia Nearby App Gets Updated

Nokia has just made available for download a new version of the Nokia Nearby application that it released for its Symbian and S40 users not too long ago. The new flavor of the application was pushed to the Nokia Store with a series of improvements when compared to the previous app releases, as well as with new feat...

8 December 2011
12:51 GMT

Symbian Carla Screenshots Emerge, Show MeeGo-Like UI

We already knew that Nokia was working on the release of new flavors of its Symbian operating system, supposedly called Carla and Donna, but no specific info on what these might be all about has emerged until now. Today, however, we can have a close look at the UI in these platform releases, courtesy of a series o...

7 December 2011
03:02 GMT

Nokia’s Store QML Client Updated, Nokia E6 Now Supported

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has made available for download a new flavor of its Store QML Client or Symbian devices, offering support for a few more smartphones than before. However, this is not all, since Store QML Client 3.20.044 also adds support for additional languages, while also bringing a series of ot...

5 December 2011
16:21 GMT

Nokia Live View 2.03 Is Out Now, Still in Beta

A new version of the Nokia Live View application is now available for download for devices based on the company’s Symbian operating system. The new application flavor, Nokia Live View 2.03 beta, is meant to deliver a series of performance enhancements to users, which include fixes for install issues, crashes,...

2 December 2011
16:21 GMT

Nimbuzz for Symbian Updated with New Look

A new flavor of Nimbuzz for Symbian devices is now available for download, with a new interface included in the mix, and with a series of other enhancements as well. The application was already made available for download via Nimbuzz’ website, and is expected to hit the Nokia Store next week. Moreover, the ...

26 November 2011
05:39 GMT

Download Opera Mobile 11.5.1 for Symbian

A new version of the Opera Mobile browser is available for download for devices running under the Symbian operating system, namely Opera Mobile 11.5.1. The new app flavor arrives a few weeks after the release of the Opera Mobile 11.5 for Symbian, and is meant to fix various issues that have been found in the brows...

21 November 2011
15:31 GMT

Download Opera Mini 6.5.1 for Symbian

A new flavor of the Opera Mini mobile browser for handsets that run under Nokia's Symbian platform is now available for download, namely Opera Mini 6.5.1. The new application release comes to the market with predictive text input and language choice added to the search field, as well as with a variety of fixes...

18 November 2011
11:51 GMT

Nokia Maps 3.08 with Weather Hits Gold Status

Today, a new flavor of the Nokia Maps with Weather application has emerged from the Nokia Beta Labs and is now available for some of the latest Symbian devices out there. The new Nokia Maps 3.08 with Weather was pushed out of the beta status with a new installer in tow, and is available for all handsets running un...

16 November 2011
16:31 GMT

Symbian Carla and Donna to Follow Symbian Belle Soon

Nokia is still committed to providing a better experience to those users who own devices running under the latest flavors of the Symbian mobile operating system. Following the release of Symbian^3 last year and that of Symbian Anna and Symbian Belle earlier in 2011, the Finnish mobile phone maker is set to launch ...

16 November 2011
09:33 GMT

Soundtracker Radio 1.7.2 Beta Arrives on Symbian

Soundtracker Radio, a popular application available for Nokia devices that are based on the Symbian operating system, now has some more features to offer to users. A new beta flavor of the application was released with a series of fixes aimed both at Symbian and S60 5th Edition devices, fixes developed based on the...

15 November 2011
13:41 GMT

Swype for Symbian 2.1 Beta Now Available for Download

A new version of Swype for Symbian is now available for download for the owners of Nokia devices, which a wide range of enhancements included into the mix, although it is available only in a beta flavor for the time being. Pushed out through the Nokia Beta Labs, the new Swype for Symbian 2.1 Beta is expected to gr...

8 November 2011
14:41 GMT

Nokia Preparing N8 Successor with High-End Camera

Nokia's N8 Symbian handset is known for its high-quality camera, and it seems that a successor for this device, one that will also pack a great camera on the back, is headed for shelves in the coming months. The same as Nokia N8, the upcoming device is expected to run under the Symbian OS, and should feature t...

8 November 2011
10:53 GMT

Nokia 3D World Gaze Arrives on Nokia N9

Nokia has just made available a new application for their Nokia N9 MeeGo device, namely the Nokia 3D World Gaze, which provides users with a new view over the entire Earth. The mobile application was previously made available for Nokia's handsets running under the Symbian OS, and is now up for download for th...

7 November 2011
16:51 GMT

Vodafone India Launches Mobile Application Store Powered by Appia

More than 145 million Vodafone India subscribers will have access to the carrier's new Mobile Application Store powered by Appia.The app store provides access to over 10,000 free and paid applications for almost any handset that is available one the market, including Android, Java, Symbian and Blackberry.The app...

1 November 2011
11:58 GMT

Nokia Updates Store QML Client for Symbian

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has made available for download a new flavor of their Store QML Client for Symbian, packing it with a series of fixes for some of the issues that the previous release came to the market with. These fixes included in Store QML client for Symbian version 3.18.032 are based on the feed...

1 November 2011
08:11 GMT

Nokia N9 MeeGo Swipe UI Quick Look

Nokia has done very good job with the N9's design, but it has outdone itself with the smartphone's MeeGo user interface.Although it does not come up with new concepts, the UI is truly innovative in the fact that is based on a single gesture – 'swipe.'In addition, it's simply to use, as ...

28 October 2011
11:31 GMT

Nokia N9 Hands-on (Video Included)

It looks like Nokia has put all its effort into making the N9 a compelling smartphone. This is one of the few Nokia devices that truly breathes freshness.The N9 was highly praised even before it hit shelves, which proves the fact that Nokia did a great job with the phone's design.The phone uses a polycarbonate u...

28 October 2011
11:25 GMT

Get a Taste of Nokia Lumia 800 on Your Symbian Phone

Nokia has just made official its first devices running under Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, and confirmed that the first of them, namely Nokia Lumia 800, will arrive on shelves next month. Today, those Nokia fans who would like to get a taste of Nokia Lumia 800 before it arrives on shelves can dow...

28 October 2011
04:50 GMT

Nokia Live View Augmented Reality Browser Updated

In addition to announcing new handsets running under Microsoft's Windows Phone platform and the availability of a series of applications and services for them, Nokia also announced updated apps for Symbian phones, and the Nokia Live View browser was one of them. The application comes with a nice range of new f...

27 October 2011
16:11 GMT

Download the New Nokia Maps Suite

At the Nokia World conference in London, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced the availability of a new set of services and applications for its users, all put together in Nokia Maps Suite, now available for download in a beta flavor. The new application brings together a series of other mobile apps that Noki...

27 October 2011
04:36 GMT

Nokia Pulse Mobile App for Symbian and Windows Phone

A new Nokia application is now available straight from the Nokia Beta Labs, namely Nokia Pulse, a mobile software aimed at bringing conversations to life through automatically tagging photos and updates with user's location. The new mobile application was made available for download both for the owners of Nok...

26 October 2011
13:51 GMT

Soundtracker Radio Updated for Symbian Devices

A new version of the Soundtracker Radio application is now available for download for the owners of S60 5th edition and S^3 and newer devices. The new flavor of the application is compatible with all mobile phones that run under the Symbian Anna and Symbian Belle OS flavors as well, and brings along an updated exp...

20 October 2011
12:31 GMT

Nokia Bubbles Beta Trial Ended

Nokia Bubbles, one of the Symbian applications that users have been enjoying for the past several months in a beta flavor has seen its trial period concluded. The app was made available as a fun and efficient manner to take shortcuts to various applications or services on a Nokia phone running under Symbian. Apparen...

18 October 2011
12:51 GMT

Download the New Nokia Suite 3.2 Beta

A new flavor of Nokia's desktop suite application is now available for download for all owners of handsets running under the Symbian platform, namely the Nokia Suite 3.2 Beta. The new release is meant to mark a major change in the application's evolution, namely the transition from the “Ovi” na...

17 October 2011
07:02 GMT

Nokia Sleeping Screen Graduates from Beta

A new application is now available for download in the Nokia Store in a stable flavor, following its availability as a beta flavor for the past several months, namely the Nokia Sleeping Screen. The new application was designed to offer users the possibility to add photos or artwork to the lock screen of their dev...

14 October 2011
12:41 GMT

Universal Search on Symbian Updated, Still in Beta

Owners of devices running under the Symbian operating system can now enjoy an updated Universal Search on their devices, which will make it much easier than before to find various things on the handset. The tool has just been enhanced, but it remains available only in a beta flavor for the time being, although i...

12 October 2011
17:21 GMT

Video Calling on Nokia Handsets

Nokia's smartphones offer users the possibility to make and receive video calls, the same as other mobile platforms out there can, and the Finnish mobile phone maker is keen on telling users that. Video calling has been available on Nokia devices ever since 2004, when the company packed this functionality in ...

12 October 2011
14:11 GMT

Nokia Is Getting Back on Track, Financial Analysts Say

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is set to make a huge comeback with the release of their first handsets running under Microsoft's Windows Phone platform later this year, and analysts have already upgraded estimates on the company's performance. The handset vendor is expected to perform better and bett...

12 October 2011
10:07 GMT

New Store QML Client Flavor Available for Symbian Devices

A new flavor of the new Store QML client is now available for devices running under the Symbian operating system, Nokia has just announced. The new application release comes with version 3.16.036 attached to it, and follows the availability of the first flavor of the app only a few weeks ago. The new Store QM...

10 October 2011
05:05 GMT

Preview of CNN International App for S40 Phones Now Available for Download

CNN has just announced the availability of its news application for Series 40 Nokia phones in the Nokia Beta Labs.Those who own a Nokia C3-00, Nokia C3-01, or Nokia X3-02, as well as other S40 phones can now download the application from Softpedia.CNN International app comes with the iReport citizen journalism featur...

7 October 2011
02:58 GMT

Soundtracker Radio 1.6 for Symbian and S60 5th Edition

Soundtracker Radio, an application available for download for all devices based on S60 5th edition and Symbian, has just been updated to version 1.6 beta, with various enhancements included into the mix. With the new release, the team behind the app aimed at enhancing the music experience that users receive while...

5 October 2011
13:11 GMT

Nokia Link App Syncs Media Content Between Nokia N9 and PC or Mac

While Nokia N9 is still shipping in selected markets, the Finnish company has announced the availability of Nokia Link app, which allows N9 users to shift media files from phone to a PC or Mac.However, the Nokia Link does not replace the current Nokia Suite, previously known as Ovi Suite, as the application supports ...

5 October 2011
08:10 GMT

Nokia Updates Its New Store QML Client

A new flavor of Nokia's Store QML client is now available for download for the owners of mobile phones powered by the Symbian operating system.The new application release, namely Nokia Store QML client 3.16.034, is still a beta version, yet the stable iteration of the application might not be too far. The new f...

3 October 2011
12:31 GMT

Nokia Closes Symbian Deal with Accenture, 2,300 Employees Transferred

Nokia has just announced an agreement with Accenture that will make the latter the preferred supplier and the sole provider of support and development software for Symbian smartphones.Although the partnership between the two companies was announced in June, specific details of the agreement were revealed only recentl...

30 September 2011
07:50 GMT

Nokia 3D World Gaze Updated with New View Mode

A new flavor of the Nokia 3D World Gaze application is now available for download for Nokia Symbian^3 and newer devices, with a new view mode and a series of other enhancements included into the mix as well. The development team notes that the new application flavor also brings along an option for seeing one'...

28 September 2011
16:11 GMT

Nokia N9 Starts Shipping in Selected Markets, Priced at €480

Unveiled back in June, Nokia N9 received excellent feedback from both users and media. Even though the Finnish company announced that the N9 will be the first and last MeeGo device released, it appears that the consumer demand is impressive.Unfortunately, Nokia N9 will be globally available, as countries like United ...

27 September 2011
05:52 GMT

Download UC Browser 7.9 for Symbian & Java

UC Browser is already one of the fastest and most popular mobile browsers in the world, and a new version of the application is now available for download for the owners of handsets running under Symbian and Java. The team behind the application announced the availability of the new release with a great deal of ...

21 September 2011
05:09 GMT

Swype for Symbian Updated Version 2.0, Now in Beta

A new version of Swype for Symbian is now available for download for the owners of a handset based on S60 5th Edition and Symbian^3 platform releases, with a long list of fixes and enhancements included into the mix. The new application flavor is available only in a Beta state for the time being, so that it can ...

20 September 2011
03:51 GMT

UC Browser 7.9 for Symbian & Java in Two Days

Later this week, an new official flavor of the UC Browser will become available for download for the owners of handsets running Symbian or Java. The team behind the application has just announced that they plan on releasing the new UC Browser 7.9 for Symbian & Java on Wednesday, and even provided some info on the...

19 September 2011
05:28 GMT


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